According to a report by Reuters, on Wednesday, a prosecutor told the judge that the expected star government witness in the criminal trial of former Trump election campaign manager Paul Manafort may or 'may not' testify. When asked by a federal judge in Virginia asked about plans to call Manafort's business partner Rick Gates to testify, US Prosecutor Uzo Asonye replied, "“He may testify in this case, he may not." Asonye reportedly then clarified that the prosecution is constantly evaluating the need for all of its witnesses’ testimony and the statement was not meant to “suggest we are not calling him.”